Listen up
Student tutoring regitrations needed
Editor:
The Texas A&M Scholastic
Service started registration for
free tutoring on Wednesday,
February 24, 1972. For this pur
pose booths were set up in the
Library and the MSC. The regis
tration period ended Tuesday,
February 29, 1972. When an
officer of TAMSS went to pick
up the registration forms from
the MSC booth, which was located
near the Post Office, he found
the table occupied by recruiters
from the Navy. The TAMSS
registration forms were nowhere
to be found. A gentleman from
the Navy said that he had found
the table completely empty. This
set into action a frantic search
of the MSC for these materials.
The Continuing Education Office
and the main desk did not know
where the materials could have
gone. A search of the trash cans
at the MSC ended in failure. The
janitorial staff expressed com
plete ignorance about the matter.
This could only mean that some
person removed these materials
from the MSC. As of Friday, 75
people had signed up in the MSC.
Now as a result of the loss of
the registration forms, all this
work has gone down the drain.
I would appeal to anyone find
ing these lists to return them to
the Student Senate Office in the
MSC as 75 people are depending
on it. The delay in registration
caused by this circumstance is
greatly regretted.
S. Sharig Yosufzai, ’74
Chairman, TAMSS
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Editor:
This letter is directed towards
Mr. Paul Richard, with regard to
his letter in “Listen up,” March 3.
Sir, I will agree with you that
“Aargh” is of little comic merit;
however the basis of your argu
ment disturbed me. You say that
“Aargh” perverts “the best of
Aggie traditions.” At “best” these
traditions are perverted anyway.
There is no argument that
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Traffic panel
plans meeting
Wednesday
The Traffic Panel will meet to
consider bike path priorities
Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in room
106 of the Highway Research
Center.
Also to be considered will be
the purchase of a radar system,
rezoning of parking areas by
dorm living areas and speed
bumps and barricades in univer
sity married student housing.
Library talk
this Friday
“Actually, we are concerned that the games may dis
tract from the activities of the bat girls!”
Gordon Williams, director of
the Center for Research Libra
ries in Chicago, will speak Fri
day in the University Library
Lecture Series.
Williams’ talk, “Research Li
brary Cooperation Through the
Center for Research Libraries,”
will be at 2 p.m. in the library
conference room, announced Di
rector John B. Smith. He said
the public is invited.
The CRL, of which TAMU be
came a member last year, lists a
three-million volume collection of
research materials covering all
areas of knowledge. Three-day
delivery is achieved on teletyped
or telephoned requests to the Chi
cago center.
Another lecture March 14 will
feature Prof. Thomas D. Clare-
son on “Science Fiction: The
Dream of Other Worlds.” Co
sponsored by the English De
partment and library, the 2 p.m.
address will be in the conference
suite.
Vote!
Though belated, we feel that a last minute reminder to vote in the
constitutional referendum today is in order.
Imbeded in A&M tradition, almost as deeply as water fights, is
the idea that the Student Senate is composed of nobody going no
where. The constitution may be the means of changing that, if such has
ever been the case.
But the constitution won’t get anywhere if the students don’t get
out and vote. Knowing the usual student turnout, the vote will
probably be less than one third the student body.
Most of this, on top of it all, will be the Corps. They manage to
vote all the time. Civilians, if everything goes as usual, will probably
have 15 or so people voting—those that stumbled over the voting
booths.
It is pretty pathetic, or perhaps apathetic, that such is the case.
Aggies, especially non-regs, have to be one of the most apathetic groups
in the world. Nothing affects them, short of closing down a beer parlor.
If you give a damn, even a small one, about what is going on, get
out and vote.
AARGH!
... John R. Moffitt
Cbe Battalion
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A&M doesn’t offer one of the
finest scholastic educations in the
nation. However this is not be
cause of, but in spite of, its tra
ditions. Traditions are trivial by
nature, offering followers some
thing to identify with and believe
in. Consequently not everyone
will follow or believe in these
traditions (thank God).
In reference to A&M making
men: a man makes himself, not
the institution he attends or the
traditions he follows. Men are of
many shapes, sizes and forms;
following their own philosophies
and beliefs. Sir, if you cannot
respect a man different than
yourself then you are even less
an individual and thinker than
you suggest in your letter.
Bill Tygret ’74
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Editor:
Tuesday evening, Feb. 29, I sat
in G. Rollie White Coliseum and
saw the Aggie Fish basketball
team accomplish a brilliant 81-72
win over the Texas Yearlings.
And, too, I was among the 7,998
fans who saw the Ag Varsity
drop a well-fought decision to the
Longhorns. I have nothing but
great admiration for both Aggie
teams.
One of the toughest things for
an ardent sports fan to accept is
seeing his team lose. Just the
same, he realizes that it’s one
thing to be sitting in the stands
watching, and another entirely
different to be out there partici
pating. Indeed, a real fan gets
great pleasure just knowing that
he has a fine team out there
putting forth its best effort.
After all, such a team never
“loses” but is only “outscored.”
The Aggies are such a team, ex
hibiting not only fine ball-han
dling ability, but also a rare
quality of sportsmanship, gen
erated by their pleasant attiudes
and charismatic appeal. Both the
varsity and fish are to be com
mended for a fine season.
Needless to say, Coaches Shelby
Metcalf and Jim Culpepper play
major roles in the teams’ per
formance, and have done an ex
cellent job in shaping them. I
am sure they are really looking
forward to next season just as
much as I am.
This letter would not be com
plete without my paying recogni
tion to all the fans who came out
to support the teams, to the yell
leaders, and especially to Colonel
Adams and the Aggie Band. The
games simply would not have
been the same without their fine,
spirit-filled addition.
In regard to another matter,
on that same day I was honored
with an experience that I’d like
to share with the other students.
I was walking in the rain toward
my dorm when a car pulled up
beside me. The driver honked the
horn and motioned for me to come
over. Eager to get out of the
rain, without a moment’s hesita
tion I walked over, opened the
door and got inside. A moment
later I was shaking hands with
President Jack Williams, who
gave me a lift to my dorm. That
in itself is enough to make any
one’s day.
Wayne E. Cotton ’75
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Editor:
I could not appreciate the front
page picture of the killing of
captured rattlesnakes in Tues
day’s Battalion (Feb. 29). The
caption implied that the killing
of these animals was the proper
action to take.
I believe several points should
be made in favor of the maligned
snakes. The rattlesnake plays a
required role in the wildlife com
munity. The removal of the
rattlesnakes will only unbalance
the natural stability of the com
munity.
While the collection of venom
is an admirable venture, it is not
necessary to kill the animal. It
is not even necessary to remove
it from its habitat. I am not
aware of where the reptiles were
collected, but it is doubtful that
they were caught on some town’s
Main Street. These snakes prob
ably would never have seen a man
if man had not sought them out.
Many snakes, including rattle
snakes, do an unseen service to
man by eating crop-damaging
and disease-carrying rodents. Yet
the rattlesnakes were destroyed.
One might argue that a rattle
snake’s bite can be fatal (though
usually not) to humans. I do not
mean to lessen the value of
human life. Yet, more people die
from bee and wasp stings than
from poisonous snake bite, and
man does not actively seek out
and destroy the stinging insects.
The rattlesnake, however, is re
lentlessly hunted.
Is an animal to be condemned
just because it is not understood,
or should we attempt to learn
about and preserve the rightful
place of each living thing?
Jack Pratt
We can’t see how the caption
implied approval.—Ed.
Bulletin Board
Tonight
Psi Chi will meet in room 3A
of the Memorial Student Center
at 8.
Wildlife Biology Association
will meet in room 113 of the
Biological Sciences Building ex
tension at 7:30.
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